No matter how brilliant an action, it should not be considered great unless it was the result of a great motive.

There are some who never would have loved if they never had heard it spoken of.

The desire to be thought clever often prevents a man from becoming so.

Humility is the altar upon which God wishes that we should offer Him His sacrifices.

The greatest part of our faults are more excusable than the methods that are commonly taken to conceal them.

Self-interest speaks all manner of tongues and plays all manner of parts, even that of disinterestedness.

Man only blames himself in order that he may be praised.